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byrged in wege fuglum to mete and wildeorum ; SAm. 57. i, 3 : fuglas ; 57. 

 2: bifficfugel; 65.31: fleogendra fugla ; 65. 34: fugla cynna ; 65.34: fugal ; 

 148. 3 : fugelas. 



2. fugolcynn. Bird-kind. 



Exod. 16. 13 : micel fugolcynn, fugolcynne ; JE. Hex. 8. 4, 18, 19 : eall 

 fugolcynn ; M. de. V. Test. 4. 42 : fisccinn and fugelcynn ; Th. Ps. 146. 10 : 

 f uglacynn ; M. H. i. 14. 14 : fugelcynn ; i. 20. 25 : and of fugelcynne symble 

 gemacan ; Ad. and R. 204. 33 : saga me hu fela si fleodendra fugela cynna ; 

 M. Hex. II. 9: fugolcynn; Met. 27. 38: fugla cyn ; Shrn. 65. 34: fugla 

 cynna. 



3. fugoltimber. A young bird ; <i_fugol, bird + timber, 

 material. 



Ph. 236 : swylce earnes brid, bdgei fugeltimber. 



4. brimfugol. Sea-fowl; -^drim, sea. +/u£-o/,hird. 



Wand. 47 : he gesiht! baSJian brimfuglas braedan fetSra. 



5. heofonfugol. ' Fowl of the air.' 



Gen. 201 : heofonfugia ; 1515 : heofonfuglas. 



See also /«^i?/ for allied forms. 



6. herefugol. A bird that follows an army; raven, vul- 

 ture, eagle ; <; here, army + fugol, bird. 



Exod. 161 : on hwael hreopon herefugolas hildegraedige. 



7. nefugol. A bird that feeds on carrion. The follow- 

 ing description of birds sitting under the cliffs gorged 

 with their prey, seems to be that of vultures. 



Gen. 2isS: ac nefuglas under beorhhleoSum blodig sittaS iSeodherga wxl 

 Sicce gefylled. 



8. ssefugol. Sea-fowl. Smfugol, as a proper name, 

 occurs in the genealogy of ^lle of Northumbria; see 

 Chron. 560. 



9. treowfugol. Forest-bird ; < treow, tree ■¥ fugol, bird. 



Gu. 707 : treofugla tuddor. 



